The serum anion gap is altered in early kidney disease and associates with mortality

It is well known that uremia causes an increase in the serum anion gap; however, whether changes in the anion gap occur earlier in the course of chronic kidney disease is not known. Here we investigated whether different measures of the anion gap, as a marker of kidney function, are associated with...

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Main Authors: Abramowitz, Matthew K., Hostetter, Thomas H., Melamed, Michal L.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3434284/